THE BANKIVA COCK. 
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nette accompanying this volume. It will stand as 
the 
BANKIVA COCK. 
Gallus lankiva — Temminck. 
(See Vignette Title-page.) 
Coq et Poule Bankiva, Temminck, Pigeons et G alliances, 
ii. p. 86. — Gallus Bankiva, and Ayam utan or Brooga, 
Transactions of Linnean Society, xiii. p. 135. and 319 
Javan Cock, Latham, General History, vol. viii. p. 166 
Gallus Bankiva, Illustrations of Ornithology, plate 150. 
Many Bantams so nearly resemble this bird, that 
there would be great difficulty in making a distinc- 
tion. Around the eyes and the throat is bare, the 
comb is ample, with an irregular outline, and narrow 
lengthened lobes arise from the crown, and two wattles 
spring from the lower mandible. The head, back, 
and sides of the neck surrounding the bare skin up- 
on the throat and the rump, are covered with long 
hackles of a clear and brilliant golden-orange. Be- 
low the hackles the upper part of the back is bluish- 
black, and the centre with the lesser wing-coverts 
are of a rich deep chestnut, the webs of the feathers 
quite disunited. The greater coverts are steel-blue, 
the secondaries of the same colour, with a broad 
margin of chestnut, the quills brownish-black, edged 
with pale reddish-yellow. The tail is black, with 
rich green and blue reflections, the whole under parts 
are black. 
